Poopy in the tub!!!

12/15/2010
I guess with a baby you never know which first is going to make you fall of the chair laughing and be grossed out at the same time. Today while Jessica was giving Arya a bath in the tub - guess what - Arya pooped in the tub and then says "Pepe". She does not know to say poop, she says pepe instead... Poor Jessica... Even more hilarious was Jessica yelling out "Aparnna come here.. Your daughter pooped in the tub..."

Arya poops in the potty!

11/5/2010

Arya pooped in her potty for the very first time. It was absolutely adorable - she has been going into the restroom and sitting on her potty during the day fully clothed. On friday when it looked like she was getting ready to go potty, I quickly undressed her and put her on her potty and she peed and pooped and then said "All Done". Yeah.. maybe she is ready for potty training to start.

Arya hugs Socrates

07/04/2010

Socrates was not having a good day. His paw has been itching a lot and he has licked it raw. So we sprayed some anti-itch spray and then some bitter apple - needless to say he was not thrilled. On top of that Arya kept going and poking his eyes. The more I tried to stop her - the more she wanted to do it. So I told Arya that she is not being nice to Socrates - how much he loves her and gives her kisses and how she is being mean to him. A few mins later I see Arya walking towards Socrates and my thoughts "not again - Socrates is not going to like her much". She surprised me - She walked over to Socrates and sat down between his front paws and gave him hugs..... :)
I think both Socrates and I were surprised..

Arya's vocabulary

07/04/2010

Arya said Zoey for the first time.. Every now and then she just says something that completely blows our mind away. Most of the time she is babbling and we cant figure out what she is expressing.
A few days back, Jessica's friend Kelly had got her little 5lb doggie to our house. I wanted to see how Arya would react to a dog so much smaller in size than Socrates and Zoey. Well, we definitely were amazed at her reaction - " I want one" is what she said twice in a row. Our answer ofcourse was NO.

There are lots more to say, but I am at a loss of the specifics right now... More late

Arya's first fall

07/04/2010

After coming back from an exhausting business trip - I was looking forward to spending some fun moments with Arya. Well, yesterday wasnt as much fun any more after Arya fell down on the concrete sidewalk. We were out at our friend's house for dinner and while watching fireworks in the culdesac, Arya fell down face forward on the sidewalk. At that time it didnt look too bad - but by the time we got home her face had a few bruises. Her nose, upperlip and her chin are bruised :(
My little baby has so many bruises on her face - I feel the pain more than she does.

So, need to add Vitamin E oil to my shopping list to make sure that she doesnt scar...

My first steps!!!

05/25/2010
Today Arya took her first steps. She was standing by the back door and suddenly we see out of the corner of our eyes that she is walking. We quickly pull out the video camera and record a few of her steps. Jessica and I were screaming so loud that Arya gave us the look "what in the world is wrong with you guys???"

Yeahhhh she took her first steps... Hopefully not long before she walks a few more steps..

I love to dance!!!

5/21/2010
Forgot to mention in my last post that Arya has been dancing to music videos.. A few of her favorites are
Gummy Bear Song
Nuki Nuki Nuki
Britney Spears - Baby One more time
Miley Cyrus - Hoedown Throwdown
Insync - Bye Bye Bye
....
and lots more. Will have to find a good dance school for her as soon as she can join one.

Flying Kisses - Mini steps

05/21/2010
Last few days have been pretty eventful. Between Arya not sleeping through the night and trying to take mini mini steps on her own and learning to send flying kisses - need I say we havent gotten much sleep. It also looks like she is getting at least one of her canines... poor thing is not happy. Probably why she hasnt been sleeping much. Over the past 8-10 days, she has pretty much been sleeping in our bed the whole night or should I say, doing acrobatics on our bed through the night. Not sure why but she has been very restless. Her favorite thing seems to be to get up turn her back to me and then flop down on my face :) I am sure she has fun, cant say the same about me.

Today (5/21/2010) she actually gave flying kisses as she was going for her nap.. aaaawwww.
Yesterday (5/20/2010) she took a mini mini step.

Although everyone keeps saying that I should enjoy the time before she starts walking, I really want her to walk so she can explore more and do more things.

Although my co-workers and other friends keep telling me that I need to let her cry it out to get herself to sleep at night - how can I? She is my little baby and if she needs me I will be there no matter what the cost is. Few sleepless nights is the least I can do for my little angel who has brought so much joy to our life. We just bought her a bunk bed - maybe she will like to sleep in a bed instead of a crib. She doesnt seem to like her crib much. We are hoping that we can transition her to her room once she gets used to her bed... Wish us luck..

More later - right now I need to go have some coffee before I fall asleep on my chair.

Clap Clap - I love the pool

05/05/2010
Today Arya started clapping right after she got in her kiddie pool that her Aunt Reese gave her for her first birthday. Jessica filled it up with water and then put Arya in one of her many bathing suits and then it was so much fun watching Arya splash around water in her kiddie pool in the back yard.

After when she had her snack, she was very excited - looked at Jessica clapping and she started clapping as well...

Here mommy have a bite of my dinner!

05/04/2010

While having her dinner of pasta and vegetables, Arya was getting a little fussy and didnt want to eat any more. I tried to entertain her by asking her if I could have a bite. She picked up one of the pasta and put it in my mouth. Then she started putting vegetables in my mouth....

My 12 month baby girl is feeding me :)

911 - Help mommy is trying to get me to sleep!

05/04/2010
Yes, Arya called 911 from my locked cell phone when I was trying to get her to sleep in the evening. Even though I managed to hang up the call - it was too late. I got a call back from the 911 center asking about a 911 Hangup call from my cell #.... No more cell phones for her to play with...

First ouchie!

4/13/2010
Arya had her 1 year appt with her pediatrician - she is growing well. A little below average in her weight, but that is kind of expected with a picky eater. We came home and she was crawling around and next thing we know - she slipped and fell and bust her lip :( Blood and tears - I was terrified. She was ok, just a busted lip and her teeth were fine.

I know there are many more similar incidents to come, but the sight of blood and tears on Arya is very painful to watch as a mother. If only she could learn her life lessons without getting hurt....

1 year old

4/6/2010

Wow!! Time does fly by fast - hard to believe that Arya is 1 year old. She had 2 birthday parties. On her birthday we were visiting my best friend Anu and her family. Anu threw a cozy birthday party for Arya and once we got back in town we had a big party for family and friends on the 10th of April. The party was a lot of fun and also very exhausting. We had a house full of guests and everyone wanted to hold Arya. Needless to say Arya was a little exhausted too - too much stimulation for a little baby.

She is still very content with crawling and she is pretty fast at it, she doesnt seem to have any motivation to walk. She is holding on to things or us and walking, but it is not fast enough for her :)

Up the stairs I go!

03/30/2010

I was folding clothes and Arya was sitting on the floor looking around. All of a sudden I look down and there is NO Arya. Very quickly I realized that she had found her way to the first step and was sitting there looking at me " Look mommy where I am heading". It didnt take her long at all to crawl all the way up to the 2nd floor.. Since then it has become a fascination for her to climb the stairs at least a couple of times every day.. :)

Time to put up the gate at the bottom of the stairs.

Fair play!

3/7/2010
I hadnt had a chance to write about this. Arya had been fussy about eating for a few days. Nothing stayed in her mouth - what went in came right back out in the form of spray. Well I was exhausted and a little cranky so her usual attitude towards food was not very well received by me. I was feeding Arya home made ricotta cheese. Well she would take a spoonfull into her mouth and then spit it out. This time she took the spoonfull into her mouth and sprayed it back at me. In order to express my frustration, I took a spoonfull into my mouth and sprayed it back at her face. Needless to say my frustration turned into laughter when I saw her expression - "I cant believe you would do that to me..."She was both amazed and shocked and so were daddy and mommy. I was laughing so hard that I was crying. It turns out making that mess was a lot more fun that I had thought it would be. Ofcourse after that I had to go and clean her up since she was covered with paneer.

Arya's first long sickness

Arya got sick on monday (03/22/10) and we thought it was probably just a light fever caused by her teething. But that wasnt the case. She stayed sick for 6 days with fever up to 104.5 in the middle of the night on tuesday. Scared and worried about her, we put her in the tub filled with warm water and sponged her hoping for the fever to come down a little. That did not help much. So once she was dry and dressed again, I got some cold water and put cold compress on her forehead. After about 2 hours, her fever came down to 101 and she was feeling a tad bit better. Took her to the doctor the next morning and got Arya tested for strep throat and UTI. Needless to say test for UTI was not fun - she had to have a catheter put in and not once but twice. My little baby was hurting and there wasnt anything I could do to take her pain away. All her tests were negative so the doctor thought that it probably is Roseola virus. Well once her fever was gone, she got a pink rash all over her tiny body. She was barely eating anything and had no energy to even crawl. Finally since yesterday she is feeling better and a little like her old shelf again.Today she is sitting on the floor and reading the newspaper with her dad :)

I can do it...

Couple of days back (03/03/2010) Arya started feeding herself her formula :) It is absolutely adorable the way she holds her bottle and feeds herself. Will post a picture later.

Asserting independence

Today Arya held on to the ottoman and stood up and then moved on to the pack and play :) Yeah, she is trying to walk by herself. She has been walking holding our hands, but now she is asserting her independence. I guess time to drop down to her level and see what she can reach with her hands.. Funnn

On my own

Today Arya held on to the crib and pulled herself to standing. Now that she figured it out - it is her fascination for now. Yeaaaahhhh!!!! HHmmmmm more child proofing to be done. We can no longer leave the crib side down when she is in it. Time to take child safety steps up a notch.

Arya learns to read!

Today was Arya's first trip to Barnes and Noble to meet Clifford (the big red dog)... She was fascinated by all the books she saw that she could throw around :)

She sat in awe watching the kids and the big red dog, wondering what the fuss was all about.

Now that she had figured out the fun of crawling - she is all over the place. Her first target has been the floor lamp in her play room - time to move it. Arya's nanny had been trying to motivate her to crawl and now that she does the... ha ha the to do list just got more things added to it :)